Ors classification

Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) is also known as ORS. It is of Synthetic origin and belongs to Salts. It belongs to Nutrients and Vitamins pharmacological group on the basis of mechanism of action and also classified in Electrolyte Oral pharmacological group.

1. What is the mechanism action of ORS?
2. What are the classifications of dehydration?
3. What is the drug profile of ORS?
4. WHO recommended ORS?
5. What is contraindication of ORS?
6. What is oral rehydration therapy used for?
7. What are the four methods of dehydration?
8. How many types of ORS are there?
9. Which is the best ORS?
10. Which ORS is best and why?
11. What is the example of ORS?
12. What is the difference between ReSoMal and ORS?

What is the mechanism action of ORS?

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) was established as the cornerstone of therapy for dehydration secondary to acute infectious diarrhea approximately 40 years ago. The efficacy of ORS is based on the ability of glucose to stimulate Na and fluid absorption in the small intestine via a cyclic AMP-independent process.

What are the classifications of dehydration?

There are three main types of dehydration: hypotonic (primarily a loss of electrolytes), hypertonic (primarily loss of water), and isotonic (equal loss of water and electrolytes).

What is the drug profile of ORS?

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is an oral powder–containing mixture of glucose sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and sodium citrate. After being dissolved in the requisite volume of water they are intended for the prevention and treatment of dehydration due to diarrhea, including maintenance therapy.

WHO recommended ORS?

For more than two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the standard formulation of glucose‐based ORS with 90 mmol/L of sodium and 111 mmol/L of glucose and a total osmolarity of 311 mmol/L.

What is contraindication of ORS?

Contraindications to ORT include shock, severe dehydration, intractable vomiting, coma, acute abdomen, or absent bowel sounds.

What is oral rehydration therapy used for?

ORT is the preferred treatment for fluid and electrolyte loss due to diarrhea caused by gastroenteritis in children with mild to moderate dehydration. ORT is used to treat gastroenteritis‐induced hypovolemia independent of age, causative agent, or initial sodium content.

What are the four methods of dehydration?

(opens in new window)Dehydration methods. Foods can be dehydrated by various means: the sun, a conventional oven, an electric dehydrator, a microwave oven (for herbs only), air drying and solar drying. Dehydration, like other preservation methods, requires energy.

How many types of ORS are there?

They were randomly divided into three groups--(A, B, C) and were rehydrated with WHO standard ORS, super ORS and Rice water electrolytes solution.

Which is the best ORS?

Electral,India's No.1, ORS,Oral Rehydration Solution Brand.

Which ORS is best and why?

Rice-based ORS significantly reduces stool output and duration of diarrhoea when compared to standard ORS for adults and children with cholera, and may be used to treat such patients wherever its preparation is convenient (10), and.

What is the example of ORS?

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is one liter of water, six teaspoons of sugar, and a half teaspoon of salt. This simple mixture has saved millions of lives and costs just pennies. ORS is the cornerstone of diarrhea treatment in low-resource settings.

What is the difference between ReSoMal and ORS?

ReSoMal is used for the preparation of an oral rehydration solution (ORS) exclusively for people suffering from severe acute malnutrition. It must be used under medical supervision in therapeutic feeding centres, and must not be given directly to families.